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HENRY CRIPPEN NEER, M.D.
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HENRY CRIPPEN NEER, M.D., of Park Ridge, was born at Summit,
Schoharic County, N. Y., November 10, 1838. He is the son of Samuel
Neer and Lucinda Morrison, a grandson of Charles and Catherine (Hydlie)
Bernard and Hannah Neer and of George Morrison, whose wife was a Miss
Coleman. The Neers, Hydlies, and Pindars were of German descent, while
Neer and of John and Sarah (Pindar) Morrison, and a great-grandson of
the Morrisons were of Scotch ancestry. George Morrison was the private
secretary of Colonel Peter Livingston, of Livingston Manor, New York.
Charles Neer served through the whole of the Revolutionary War, most
of the time as a scout and sharpshooter and a part of the time in the regular
Continental Army under Captains Davis. Husted, Jacot, and De
Freest. He also served under Colonel H. K. Van Rensselaer. Samuel
Neer was an Orderly Sergeant of a cavalry company in the War of 1812,
peace being declared while his organization was on' it-, way to the front.
Dr. Neer was educated in the public schools and at the New York Conference Seminary. He studied medicine in the office of Dr. David Neer, of Paterson, N. J., and while a young man taught public and singing schools to assist him in paying his expenses. In 1860 he was graduated from the Berkshire Medical Institute with the degree of M.D. Since November of that year he has been actively and successfully engaged in the practice of his profession, residing at Park Ridge, N. J.. since the spring of 1565. Dr. Neer is one of the oldest and best known physicians in Bergen County, and during his entire life has maintained a high reputation for ability, probity, and integrity of character. He has been a member of the Reformed Protestant Church since 1870. He was a charter member of Friendship Lodge, No. 102, F. and A. M., and was its first Master, serving it in that capacity for about twelve years. As a citizen he is universally respected. He was married, June 16, 1861, to Louisa A. Terpenning.
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